Qtr Circle A

Where and when were you born?B: Sydney, 21/11/1984.R: 1886, then I time travelled when I was 12 ahead 100 years to Sydney. Or just 1986...1886 was a typo.

Where did you grow up?R: Sydney / Melbourne. I moved back and forth about 4 times.B: With wolves in the suburbs of Sydney.

What are your roles in Quarter Circle + A?B: I do the art, scripts, voices and talk to the business types.R: I do voices, Sound production and animation.B: you also put up with meR: Yeah, Put that in.B: K.

What is your earliest memory of games/playing games?R: My dad gave me his original Atari. I'll never forget what he said to me that day. He said "Here..."B: Oh whoa, I had an Atari 7800 at a very early age, so my earliest memory is playing Ikari warriors and super Mario bros... I didnít know you had an Atari, Iím learning junk about you all the time.

Have you always had a passion for gaming?B: I honestly can't remember a time where I haven't played them.R: Can my answer just be ďNoĒ?B: hahaha, no.R: Iíll think of something better... As a kid all I did was gaming. Then as I got older my passion moved to art and animation. But now with QCA, itís like my past passion and my current passion are combining.

What is your favourite game?B: Without question, the Metal Slug series. Itís like injecting awesome into your face.R: My favourite game was an old one called The Neverhood. The entire game was clay animation. Loved it!B: yeah I used to play it all the timeR: the cut scenes made it the best, GIANT ROBOT FIGHTS!B: they donít make games like that anymore. ...with clay

If you could design any kind of game, what would you design?R: I'd employ Paul Robertson, and we'd make the most insane kick ass super psycho kick-the-crap-outta-everything-that-moves kind of game. But have it set in an old people home.

B: It'd be a mid 90's style side scrolling beat Ďem up called "STANLEY GIZZARDPUNCH" and he's have a part shark-part dog-part cyborg side kick and drive a modified, turbo charged wheat thresher through enemies. The soundtrack would be solid midi guitar shredding.

What do you love to do outside of gaming?R: Mostly design and animation. When we're not making QCA, we're working on our other cartoon "Friendcore". Apart from that, I love motocross and watching cartoons.B: yeah, basically itís just art art art. I like to play in my band and fall over in my spare time.

What is the best job you have ever had?B: probably thisR: I had a dream one night that I was Zach Braff's stunt double.

What is the worst job you have ever had?B: I had a dream one night that I was Zach Braff's stunt double.R: probably this... Iím kidding; I once worked at Video Ezy.

What is your favourite film?R: Back to the Future 2 or Back to the Future 2.B: Probably Battle Royale, Lord of flies ainít got nothing on this.